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Meaning of ram in English

ram
verb [ I or T ]
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to hit or push something with force:
Someone rammed (into) my car while it was parked outside my house.
He rammed the sweets/his pipe into his mouth.
I rammed down the soil around the fence post.
She slammed the door and rammed home the bolt (= closed it forcefully and completely).
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ram sth down sb's throat
ram sth home

Phrasal verb

ram sth into sb
ram
noun [ C ]
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ram noun [C] (SHEEP)

an adult male sheep that can breed
 
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ram noun [C] (EQUIPMENT)

(also battering ram)
a piece of equipment used to hit something and force it open or break it:
They used a ram to break down the door.
a moving part in a machine that puts pressure or force on something
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RAM
noun [ U ]
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abbreviation for random access memory: a type of computer memory that can be searched in any order and changed as necessary
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(Definition of ram from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

ram | American Dictionary

ram
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ram verb [I/T] (PUSH)

to hit or push with force:
[ I/T ] Someone rammed (into) my car in the parking lot.
[ T ] fig. The governor tried to ram the budget through in the last days of the legislative session.
ram
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ram noun [C] (ANIMAL)

an adult male sheep
RAM
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RAM noun [U] (COMPUTER)

abbreviation for random-access memory (= a type of computer memory that can be searched in any order and changed as necessary)
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ram | Business English

RAM
noun [ U ]
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abbreviation for random access memory: a type of computer memory that stores data that can be searched by programs. The speed of searches, as well as the number of searches that can be made at the same time, increases with the size of the RAM:
Increasing a PC's RAM is one of the most popular hardware enhancements people undertake.
At this price, the model includes 512MB of RAM.
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Examples of ram

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Testing involved making coal thickness measurements in the area between the horizontal push rams of adjacent roof supports.
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For example, purebred lowland flocks produce rams, which are, in turn, demanded as terminal sires by lowland finishing flocks.
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Proposed improvements in bank regulatory oversight, stalled before the crisis, were now rammed through.
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A method for chromosome analysis of ram spermatozoa using zona-free hamster oocytes.
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Where is the ram that could be used as a substitute for the critical mode of reasoning?
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The term 'ram wing' has been applied to the earliest vehicles which were designed to utilize the ground effect principle.
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Survival of ram spermatozoa at high dilution: protective effect of simple constituents of culture media as compared with seminal plasma.
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Spines rammed by table legs busting the strings of ukuleles curling into black lumps.
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cừu đực, búa đóng cọc, đâm vào…
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